Norman Mailer

Goldstein, you'd be a pretty good boy if you wasn't so chicken. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#cowardice #courage

I wonder, said the Lord I wonder if I know the answer any more. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#god #jesus #jesus-christ #lord #death

The horror of the Twentieth Century was the size of each new event, and the paucity of its reverberation. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#each #event #horror #new #reverberation

It's not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#history #make #men #sentiments #their

There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#else #grow #just #law #life

I hate everything which is not in myself. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#hate #i #myself #which

Giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a live grenade in the hands of a child. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#child #diane #giving #grenade #hands

Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#gain #given #honor #masculinity #small

The highest prize in a world of men is the most beautiful woman available on your arm and living there in her heart loyal to you. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#available #beautiful #beautiful woman #heart #her

Tough guys don't dance. You had better believe it. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#better #dance #guys #had #tough